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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "The State of Israel wants still to be in existence when the sun comes up tomorrow. And tomorrow that will still be their aim. Thats their psyche. Thats what makes them what they are, for better and for worse." The same 'state' ensured that thousands of innocent children in Gaza would not see the sun come up.
peiledoir20 (National) - 06/03/2026 09:21:54
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Allianz protest - 3 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The Ethics Committee pointed out, or rather implied, that if the GAA was to apply standards related to issues of 'justice' that could involved rights related to all sorts of issues then they would be greatly restricted as would all units in taking sponsorship.
Even at a basic level of trade union membership I can think of a fair few 'union busters' whose names are on jerseys.
Besides, Allianz have ceased any connection via the company with Israeli links to Gaza? So it is it punishment at this stage?" Of course, it's punishment. 95% of the civilian deaths in Gaza came before January 2025, when the Biden/Harris government funded the campaign against Hamas. If you point out facts here, you are called names. I am totally against war.
Germany, France, Italy, the UK, etc., do not acknowledge any genocide either.
How do you find insurance in the interdependent marketplace that does not have ties to bad regimes?
maroondiesel (National) - 06/03/2026 10:56:27
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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Again just ignoring the Armagh Ulster finals, why? Do you not think those were big games and he played well in them? And they're very recent examples of how he can perform against the bigger teams. You're not even acknowledging that how we attack as a team does not rely on people beating their man one-on-one, can you address any of that?
There's no doubt I wish he would contribute more scores up the pitch, it's been a criticism of him practically since that first year he burst on the scene. And obviously he's had bad days and disappointing days when we've needed him to stand up, but I think a lot of our big names have done that especially the years in between Jim's two stints, and just find it strange you are singling him out for this. You could take your same point and apply it to quite a lot of players in the squad in my view, not everyone is Michael Murphy or Paddy McBrearty (both of whom have also gone missing or let us down on a big day on occasion).
Now if you're saying you believe we need to change how we play generally to win Sam and Ryan doesn't fit in that style, that's a different argument, and I would say that Shane O'Donnell wouldn't fit that style either for example if you're talking about a running, one-on-one type game.
I'm a ST holder and the whole reason I mentioned him in the initial post was because of how impressed I've been with him so far this year. Can hardly say that sitting at home. He was excellent when we turned things around against Galway, and excellent at the Athletic Grounds as well I thought. Both dirty days with a lot of pressure put on from Armagh and Galway. Moore and Roarty are different players with totally different roles. The reason I mentioned Mogan and EBG is because they are leaders in the back line like Ryan. Roarty and Moore for all their talent are just young cubs still.
I just think you're underestimating how important he is to the whole way we set up, both attacking and defending, and it's not as easily replaced as you're making it out to be in my view. Call that sentimental if you like, though you mention people being sensitive about club men and obviously I'm nowhere near Kilcar, so not sure what reason you'll have for me being sentimental. Is it so hard to believe I just think Ryan is one of our most important players and laying out the reasons I think that?
You say he's good if you give him time and space, but not when he's under pressure or tagged, well I'll give you a scenario - the game is drawn at 67 minutes and we get a short kickout away to Brendan McCole over on the left hand side near the 21, but there is a significant high press on from Kerry or Galway or whoever. Who do you want to come to McCole and demand that ball, under pressure, in that situation? Who would you trust to find the pass to get us away when the game is in the melting pot? Ryan would be one of the first names on my list when the squeeze is on to get the ball and reliably get us up the pitch. And he doesn't need to burn someone with pace to do that, that's my point.
CCFabu (National) - 05/03/2026 18:02:27
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 2 Like(s)
Cut out overcarrying and throwing would be a great start. There's far too much 'ballcarrying', throwing , grossly excessive step taking, and short passing in the modern possession driven game of hurling, and to be honest, this game isn't a patch on the spectacle it was when teams didn't give a toss about possession.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 05/03/2026 17:34:12
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Prefer what Im watching now to what I was watching in the 90s truth be told. Hurling is way faster now, and the skill levels are higher. Some of the blood and thunder from those days has gone for health and safety reasons, its not just because teams are trying to retain the ball better." There is no hurling skill involved in taking too many steps to run past opponents, and this 'skill' is fairly rampant in the modern game. Throwing the ball to a teammate probably is a skill, but it's illegal in the rules. The modern game is ravaged with these two eyesores, and if they were clamped down on, it would give defenders a much better opportunity to defend, rather than having to endure the absurd level of scoring that goes on in most hurling games these days.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 06/03/2026 14:23:16
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Cavan might be in division 2 but I'd rate them as a top 5 contender for one of the worst teams currently in Ireland. Aside from Antrim, there is no better draw for us after this league campaign.
farneygael3 (National) - 06/03/2026 11:09:35
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
My main emotion over the whole thing is one of despair.
Our generation have absolutely no excuse, because we are so better educated in terms of history than any who have gone before us. World War 2 should have been the nadir when it comes to mass murder and destruction. But no, here we are again allowing essentially havingg dictators lead us down the same path.
The UN, the US Congress and the EU have been pathetically impotent.
At least our Spanish friends have shown some cojones.
Lockjaw (National) - 06/03/2026 10:15:41
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Isn't there a lot to be said for just being plain old fashioned tolerant of people who have different beliefs in life to yourself, or are just different to yourself?
And for the different people, or those who have those different beliefs, not to ram them down everyone else's throats?" People who are 'tolerant' don't break into a meeting injuring security staff in the name of 'solidarity'. These clowns deserve every bit of the shouting and roaring they get... that's all 'the wokies' know, a term that seems to triggers them.
Square_B (National) - 06/03/2026 09:29:48
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To 222: "When we are winning we don't want to be patronised as a small county, when we loose we run with excuses small county don't be to hard on us, players immune from criticism. The indo podcast with micheal verney was good during the week about this. League has been poor, awful performances and to many injuries. Should we wait until summer for judgment? Yes most definitely. Are the players entitled to a holiday? Yes but the pressure is now on management to get performances and results from here on in." good Post. Gabriel and Co have tried players in the league, have experimented, have tried systems etc.
The Big acid test is the Cavan game, a genuine game at home we should be winning. I want to see match ups, tactics, kickouts etc go right. if this game crumbles then the criticism will be massively warranted. No Excuses about injuries etc in that game Gabriel please.
monaghanmad (National) - 06/03/2026 08:49:38
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Allianz protest - 2 Like(s)
Listened to Colm O'Rourke on the Indo Podcast, and he spoke very well about the
reasons to get rid of Allianz. Colm, Peter, and all the high-profile lads are great Gaels, and you couldn't get better GAA men.
However, I would not agree with the hooligans who gate-crashed the meeting on Saturday.
The injured volunteers have rights. You can't do what the so-called protestors did.
suckvalleypaddy (National) - 05/03/2026 20:52:12
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
There was talk a few years ago, that came to nothing about a third tier, that would give teams that are stuck in division 4 a realistic chance of actually winning something. The Tailteann cup has been 4 years in operation and has been won by Westmeath, Meath, Down and Kildare, one Ulster and 3 Leinster teams all who have, in recent history been operating at a level, well above division 4. Meath got to an AI semi last year, and in all fairness, no team in div 4 have anything like the resorces of any of the 4 T Cup winners. Winning a third tier cup might give a county the belief to make a better fist of division three. Hopefully the concept will be revisited by congress. One cannot but feel for Poacher and his sideline backup who have left no stone unturned in their efforts to improve things. Credit is also due the supporters who unlike with previous managers, gave him almost unanimous support. Hopefully they will get something to cheer in the final 2 fixtures.
Keephimthere (National) - 05/03/2026 17:33:43
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Cut out overcarrying and throwing would be a great start. There's far too much 'ballcarrying', throwing , grossly excessive step taking, and short passing in the modern possession driven game of hurling, and to be honest, this game isn't a patch on the spectacle it was when teams didn't give a toss about possession." I agree on all of that. The problem is the possession retention style will absolutely annihilate the older traditional style if we're talking about two fairly evenly matched teams ability wise. So teams would be mad not to play the way we're seeing currently.
Until the current method is made more difficult to play, as you said by enforcing rules properly (not an easy task at times) or by adjusting the rules as we saw with football, we'll continue to see more of it.
WanPintWin (National) - 06/03/2026 11:04:11
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SaffronDon: "How do you know it would be the same way when Israel have never given the Palestinians anything that even resembles a future? Let alone equality or even basic human rights. If Israel really wanted peace, thats what they would at least try to put into pracitice, but to this day, its been nothing but oppression and terror." As regards how do I know if it would be the same way, various Arab politicians have stated they wont rest until Israel is no more. Including Hamas, who started the current wave of violence. If you think that thats not their position thats entirely up to yourself.
Viking66 (National) - 06/03/2026 15:31:45
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Yes. And if the shoe was on the other foot both the Israelis and Palestinians know it would have been the same result for the other set of children.
Wars are always bad for children, despite all the Conventions etc these days." What war? It was a genocide.
peiledoir20 (National) - 06/03/2026 15:00:10
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Yes. And if the shoe was on the other foot both the Israelis and Palestinians know it would have been the same result for the other set of children.
Wars are always bad for children, despite all the Conventions etc these days." How do you know it would be the same way when Israel have never given the Palestinians anything that even resembles a future? Let alone equality or even basic human rights. If Israel really wanted peace, thats what they would at least try to put into pracitice, but to this day, its been nothing but oppression and terror.
SaffronDon (National) - 06/03/2026 13:56:53
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Allianz protest - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The Ethics Committee pointed out, or rather implied, that if the GAA was to apply standards related to issues of 'justice' that could involved rights related to all sorts of issues then they would be greatly restricted as would all units in taking sponsorship.
Even at a basic level of trade union membership I can think of a fair few 'union busters' whose names are on jerseys.
Besides, Allianz have ceased any connection via the company with Israeli links to Gaza? So it is it punishment at this stage?" My point was and is that an association that openly professes it's democratic values and the weight it puts on it's members' views maybe should find a way, inside or outside congress to permit the issue to be discussed and not just close down discussion by saying "the ethics committee has decided". Personally I don't think a dictat from an ethics committee or indeed any other advice from any committee should just hold sway without debate. This might appear to be "strong leadership" but in the long run absence of discussion weakens the association.
sligo joe (National) - 06/03/2026 12:55:40
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
I think Americans are slowly waking up to the small cabal of Aipac members who control their government. Did Sergeant Coady die for Iowa, or Trump?
galwayford (National) - 06/03/2026 12:41:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Cavan might be in division 2 but I'd rate them as a top 5 contender for one of the worst teams currently in Ireland. Aside from Antrim, there is no better draw for us after this league campaign." They could well beat Momaghan the way ye are playing .
Gaaforlife2023 (National) - 06/03/2026 12:40:35
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "There's a few thousand Persian exiles celebrating in the streets. There's 90 million Iranians in Iran most of whom believe in the regime they have." That last sentence doesn't sound right. All the data shows the opposite. A fairly recent survey conducted of over 200,000 Iranians (by GAMAAN researchers) showed support for the regime by Iranians in Iran was only 15%. 99% of Iranians overseas (4 million) do not support the regime. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot see anything anywhere that shows anything different.
There are obviously aspirations from Iranians for freedom from an oppressive regime. Januarys protests being another example of this. 89% of Iranians support democracy. But what does a change from the regime look like? I suppose the lack of a clearly defined strategy or end goal from what's currently going on is concerning. And if there is a power vacuum, there will inevitably be internal conflicts, and how long will those conflicts last?
Almost half of Iran is made up of non-Persians (Kurds, Azeris, etc). You would imagine the Kurds will make a strong move for some form of autonomy now. We're already seeing Trump throwing his support behind a Kurdish rebellion.
HandballRef (National) - 06/03/2026 12:20:24
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Cavan might be in division 2 but I'd rate them as a top 5 contender for one of the worst teams currently in Ireland. Aside from Antrim, there is no better draw for us after this league campaign." No matter how bad they are they'll pull out a performance against us. Definitely wouldn't be viewing it as a confidence booster after a tough league, more likely to be a complete slog and dogfight.
ConyersHill04 (National) - 06/03/2026 12:06:30
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